This is a recipe that kind of stumbled upon years ago. I adjusted it for the ingredients I had and then tweaked it over the years until until it’s become one of our favorite soup recipes. We are a pasta loving family but sometimes we need something different than cooked pasta with a sauce so…
The long Thanksgiving weekend coming to an end which means it’s time to start preparing for the coming week. My first step in preparing for the week is to look over my calendar and take note of all our family commitments. After I’ve taken inventory of our activities for the week I can plan our…
I have never had fruit cake, but the consensus is that it is one of the most despised Christmas desserts around. So, when I started celebrating Christmas with Joe’s family, I hesitated to try his mom’s fruit cake cookies. He swore they were the best cookies ever, so I gave them a try and was…
So you’re going to a holiday party and you need to throw together a quick and easy dish to share with your friends. Stop by Trader Joe’s and pick up these 3 ingredients and you’ve got yourself a delicious appetizer. A few years ago I discovered this amazing combination and it’s become one of my…
It’s the season of freshly sharpened pencils and crisp fall mornings which means back to school for all the kids. We pack lunches for our kids every day and I try to switch up their lunches often while trying to keep them well-rounded. Whenever possible I like to pack their lunches the day before to…
